Hair curler



Oct. 27, 192 1,558,523

A. A. WEST HAIR CURLER Filed May 6, 1924 b a 10 v fflj-zw/g wamoiz ATTORNEY Patented a. .27, 1925;

UNITED s'rATEs PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS A. WEST, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO MAGIC HAIR CURLEE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR CURLER.

Application filed Mary 6, 1924. Serial No. 711,317.

' To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS A. lV s'r, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Curlers, of which the following is the specification.

The device, the subject of this invention is intended as a hair curler and is particularly adapted for use with bobbed hair.

An object of the invention is to provide means for engaging the ends of the hair and for so retaining the hair that the curler may be rolled upon the hair.

Another object of the invention is to providea curler that can be readily withdrawn from the hair Without unrolling the curl and another object of the invention is to provide means for retaining certain parts of the curler together, so that a clamping action may be obtained by means of the fingers and other objects and the detailsof the construction will be fully set forth as the specification progresses and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for a complete .understanding of the specification which follows.

In the drawing Fig. 1, is a plain view, showing my curler.

Fig. 2, shows the curler in the first operation, that of engaging the hair. Fig. 3, shows the curler with the hair rolled thereon.

Fig. 4, shows the curler bent to secure it to the hair.

Fig. 5, shows a curler with a part fractured to expose the interior, and

Fig. 6, shows a curler with a part tured and with a different covering.-

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

frac- My hair curler is formed of an integral at mid length to form a loop-10 and a plurality of arms 11 and 12, which may extend parallel, one with theother.

I It is necessary in curling bodded hair to clampingly engage the ends of the hair or to engage the curler at a point approximating the ends of the hair and thereafter to roll the curler into'the hair.

In my device, the clamping is made possible by securing the two arms together at a point inward from the looped end thereof and for the purpose of securing the arms, I provide a strap or clamp as shown at 13, which should be immovably secured upon both arms, retaining the arms one upon the other. When the hair is rolled upon the curler as shown in Fig. 3, the ends of the curler may be bent upward or inward upon the hair, thus preventing the curler unroll-- ing or freeing itself from the hair.

When it is desired to remove the curler, the arms are straightened out or returned to the position shown in Fig. 3, whereupon the curler may be withdrawn from the hair.

It is quite necessary that the curler be smooth, otherwise when it is withdrawn,

shown at 17. If a fabric covering is used,

I prefer that it should be impregnated with a permanently flexible enamel, so that the surface upon which the hair is wound will be quite smooth.

Modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

Having carefully and fully described my invention, what I desire to secure is A hair curler formed of flexible wire and having a plurality of arms, a loop connecting the arms and means arranged inwardly from though adjacent to said loop for se curing the arms permanently engaged one upon the other the ends of said arms being free and of uniform contour.

Signed at the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadel hia, State of Pennsylvania, this 29th day of April, 1924.

AUGUSTUS A. WEST. T 

